Radiohead, Cat Power, Feist, Robyn Hitchcock Help Jools Holland Celebrate 200
We tip our caps to Jools Holland regularly around here, for his musicianship whenever we blow the dust off our Squeeze records, but more frequently when he hosts musicians we love on that BBC show of his. A show which turned 200 episodes old Friday night with a very special lineup of musical well wishers. The Times Online captures the scene:
The cake has been sitting all day in the middle of Studio 1 at BBC Television Centre. But only ten minutes before the 200th episode of Later with Jools Holland is due to be recorded does someone realise that lighting 200 candles - and keeping them lit while the studio audience sings Happy Birthday - is easier said than done. The urbane ringmaster of terrestrial music television doesn't fancy his chances of blowing them out either, at least not without singeing his trademark dapper suit.After chuckling over Nanos and blowing out candles, the name dropped party stars took turns on the stage performing mini-sets. A few highlights after the jump.Fire extinguishers are mentioned before someone authorised to pronounce on these things decides that "it would be too dangerous". Top rock combo Radiohead confer in a manner that suggests they didn't get to where they are today without learning a thing or two about health and safety. Soul diva Mary J. Blige, obviously nonplussed by the drama, walks over to Holland - with whom she appears to be very friendly - and engages him in intense conversation. Meanwhile, in the far corner, two poster girls of alternative America - Cat Power and Leslie Feist - guffaw long and hard at something on Feist's phone.
Robyn Hitchcock - "Sounds Great When You're Dead"
Feist - "Sealion"
Cat Power - "Lost Someone"
Mary J. Blige - "Work That"
Take that Mary J. cut to 2:20 and watch Thom getting his groove on. And after that, watch this "Weird Fishes/Arpeggi" that is so beautiful you might just get a little misty.
Damn. They need to assign dates to those cities already. Get MP3s from Radiohead's Jools Holland performance at Deaf Indie Elephants. Watch more from Jools's 200 celebration here.
Posted at 12:02 PM in Video
Tags: Cat Power | Feist | Jools Holland | Mary J. Blige | Radiohead | Robyn Hitchcock
1. why cant the US have shows like this?!
2. sealion is pretty great! never heard it before
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You used "nonplussed" wrongly. Douche.
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uh, douche, they took the quote directly from Times Online if you couldn't tell. why are so many posters just negative fools?
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Because we're hipper-than-thou indie kids! Everyone sucks but us!
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Doesn't it kind of look like Feist is lip-synching toward the end of the song? She covers the mic and it looks out of synch. Just an observation. Could be totally wrong.
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Hopefully Cat Power told Feist that she kinda ripped off her act/look
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dalaw, that's Feist looping her voice, not lip synching.
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why does thom always have the shittiest haircuts?
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Early, Jools-era Squeeze ('79, '80) is dramatically underappreciated.
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OK I honestly couldn't have been the only one who laughed seeing Thom during Mary J. Blige's perfomance.
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@Rich
I agree. "Later" is a fantastic show as well. Wish we got it in the states.
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@Brian
fuse has started to show some older "Later" broadcasts, around '05, '06.
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This show does come on in the US, in Dish Network HD. I think the name of the channel is Rave HD.
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oh my godddd i love thom hahahahaha
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